Engaging and Honoring Older Adults in Research.

Research involving persons with cognitive changes associated with aging, including dementia, has increased dramatically in the past two decades, motivated in large part by an increasing number of older adults with such issues. Velzke in the paper that follows this introduction discusses why it is important and how to include older adults as participants in research. While focused primarily on elders and their caregivers in Scotland, the topic is a globally important one.